April 16, 2012

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 67º F, it was partly cloudy, and winds were 6 mph from the southeast. The barometer reading was -0.03" since yesterday morning. (29.80  inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                          
Forecast
Today  
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the mid 70's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the southwest at 10-15 mph and gusts to 25 mph. There is a 60% chance of showers or thunderstorms before 1 PM.

The low today was 54ºF and the high was 74ºF. At 6 PM the temperature was 67ºF , there was 0.25" of rain in the gauge from morning rains, the sky was partly cloudy, winds were calm, and the barometer read 29.97".  
 
Tuesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the upper 60's with partly cloudy skies.   
              
Wednesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the mid 70's with clear skies.        
                                                
Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 16th the low was 40º F, the high was 54º F, and no precipitation was recorded for the 24 hour period preceding 5:00 AM for this CoCoRaHS station.

Today's Normal and Record Temperatures (Bowling Green, KY airport)
                  High            Low
                 ------------   ------------    
Normal (KBWG)     69ºF            45ºF
Record (KBWG)     89°F (1924)     27°F (1928)

Weather Fact
The record low for Tennessee was -32º F on December 20, 1917 at Mountain City. The record high for Tennessee was 113º F on August 9, 1930 at Perryville. (2010 The World Almanac and Book of Facts. When the record low or high has been recorded multiple times for a state, the latest is reported here.)

CoCoRaHS
CoCoRaHS is a volunteer system where average people who like weather can record the precipitation at their location and help various climate researchers better understand precipitation patterns. For more information, go to the CoCoRaHS web site.

4/15/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
No precipitation was reported in Tennessee. There were 224 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.94" at Colorado City. There were 559 reports from Texas.    
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.70" at North Richland Hills.    
                               
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.52" at Watervliet. There were 154 reports from Michigan.   
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 1.52" at Watervliet. 
   
So far 7462 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.30" at Bellevue, Nebraska.
              
Reports of 4" or more:
Nebraska - 3
                                                                                                                                                                                    
The most new snow reported was 11.0" at Larkspur, Colorado.     
The most snow reported on the ground was 29.5" at Willow, Alaska.

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